hohohome

Ha.  That was corny.  But it's the title of this post because that's pretty much all that's going on with me now.  My brain has one gear: home.  homehomehomehomehomehomehomehomehomehome.
One full year is far too long to be away.  I don't know how we've managed.
But we don't have to manage much longer.  Friday night (early Saturday actually) we're off.  The first flight is to Brussels and then to Chicago from there, where we have to wait 8 HOURS for our final flight home.
I did a little problem-solving and found out that we can use the pool and showers at the O'Hare Hilton for 5 bucks.  After 36 hours of flying, that's exactly what we'll do. 
Then beers.
Then HOME!  AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I can't wait.  I'm bursting!

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I've just spent the past week on the west coast of India.  Brad and I went to Goa on Friday, spent a few fun hours at the Shore Bar, then flew back on Sunday.  Monday I woke up, turned around, and took 42 kids to Kerala for their week without walls trip.

As you can imagine, that was exhausting.

I can't slap up pictures of the trip here, but I can say that these 8th graders are a great group of kids.  So fun and funny, polite and eager to learn.  It was nice for the teachers to be able to spend a week getting to know them and their quirky little selves. 

It was a good time, but it is also so, so good to be home.